Vista Desktop icon size and MS Office 2003 probs.

Hi all,

Just installed Vista Beta2 as an upgrade to XP Home and after a long time
and then some frustration with drivers etc most of everything I have on this
computer seems to be running ok. But there is of course a couple of things.

1) Initially, Vista kept on asking for my Office 2003 Pro original disc
whenever I opened a window. Even with the original disc inserted it could
not find the "SKU011" cabinet file. This was however solved by running a
repair on my office package from the original disc. But now, none of my MS
Office applications will start. Trying to monitor the activity through the
task manager there is a second or so of activity but then it stops. No error
messages or any other information pops up. Is there anyone that have
encountered the same problem and/or know how to fix it?

2) The icons on my desktop are unseemingly large. I run in 1280x1024 and
the icons are about twice the size of what I had when running XP Home. I
have tried to locate somewhere to adjust the general size of the icons, but
to no avail. Had Desktop X installed on XP Home and had to to a "dirty"
uninstall to get it off the system. Can't fine anything left of Desktop X,
Windowblinds, WindowsFX or any of the other programs but can't of course be
too sure that they don't interfere.

If anyone have any good solutions or suggestions it would be highly
appreciated.

I had the same issue with Office 2003 installing on my system. But it seem
to be an issue with my CD, but I am reconsidering that thought, its
definitely a bug in Vista. My recommendation would be to open the the disk,
right click the setup executable, click Properties > Compatibility tab and
select an appropriate version of Windows, I tried XP SP2.

As for the Office applications not working, try uninstalling Office 2003, go
to x:\Program Files and delete the Microsoft Office folder, clean out your
temp folder, restart your system and try reinstalling Office. Its not a
guarantee to work, but its worth a try. I would also recommend you update to
the latest Service Pack for Office 2003. I suspect it could be an issue with
Office 2003 RTM and Vista, because I installed Office 2003 SP1 on Vista and
did ot get the SKU011 error.

As for the desktop icons, right click the Desktop, select View > choose
Classic Icons.

As for your third party apps such as Windows Blinds and Desktop X, I don't
use them, so I don't have answer for you except to check the developers
website to find out if there is any info on Vista support, updates or
patches.
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"Norseman" <Norseman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:94F39148-AE02-4D9F-A7CA-4AA2378874ED@microsoft.com...

> Hi all,
>
> Just installed Vista Beta2 as an upgrade to XP Home and after a long time
> and then some frustration with drivers etc most of everything I have on
> this
> computer seems to be running ok. But there is of course a couple of
> things.
>
> 1) Initially, Vista kept on asking for my Office 2003 Pro original disc
> whenever I opened a window. Even with the original disc inserted it could
> not find the "SKU011" cabinet file. This was however solved by running a
> repair on my office package from the original disc. But now, none of my
> MS
> Office applications will start. Trying to monitor the activity through
> the
> task manager there is a second or so of activity but then it stops. No
> error
> messages or any other information pops up. Is there anyone that have
> encountered the same problem and/or know how to fix it?
>
> 2) The icons on my desktop are unseemingly large. I run in 1280x1024 and
> the icons are about twice the size of what I had when running XP Home. I
> have tried to locate somewhere to adjust the general size of the icons,
> but
> to no avail. Had Desktop X installed on XP Home and had to to a "dirty"
> uninstall to get it off the system. Can't fine anything left of Desktop
> X,
> Windowblinds, WindowsFX or any of the other programs but can't of course
> be
> too sure that they don't interfere.
>
> If anyone have any good solutions or suggestions it would be highly
> appreciated.

Hello there,

Thanks for the quick reply. I now have "normal size" icons. Its kinda
funny though. I kept digging and digging deeper and deeper into settings etc
while the whole time the answer was just 2 clicks away.. :-)

I will try to uninstall and reinstall Office 2003 Pro. Hopefully that will
work. The install I have running is fully updated as was the rest of the
computer I have Vista on now. Luckily I have more than 1 computer so I still
have access to an Office package.

So far I like what I seen in Vista. This is of course a Beta version but at
least on my computer it seems to be running quite well. And as far as i can
determine, most of my programs start faster with Vista.

Again, thanks for the quick reply.

Take care,


"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> I had the same issue with Office 2003 installing on my system. But it seem
> to be an issue with my CD, but I am reconsidering that thought, its
> definitely a bug in Vista. My recommendation would be to open the the disk,
> right click the setup executable, click Properties > Compatibility tab and
> select an appropriate version of Windows, I tried XP SP2.
>
> As for the Office applications not working, try uninstalling Office 2003, go
> to x:\Program Files and delete the Microsoft Office folder, clean out your
> temp folder, restart your system and try reinstalling Office. Its not a
> guarantee to work, but its worth a try. I would also recommend you update to
> the latest Service Pack for Office 2003. I suspect it could be an issue with
> Office 2003 RTM and Vista, because I installed Office 2003 SP1 on Vista and
> did ot get the SKU011 error.
>
> As for the desktop icons, right click the Desktop, select View > choose
> Classic Icons.
>
> As for your third party apps such as Windows Blinds and Desktop X, I don't
> use them, so I don't have answer for you except to check the developers
> website to find out if there is any info on Vista support, updates or
> patches.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "Norseman" <Norseman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:94F39148-AE02-4D9F-A7CA-4AA2378874ED@microsoft.com...

>
>
>

Norseman, remember to file any issues you have with Vista using the Feedback
link on your desktop. Even if your bugs or suggestions are not considered
for this release, they have greater chance for the next release.
--
--
Andre
Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

"Norseman" <Norseman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1FECBCE4-FCFA-4079-AD5E-480A2C71F213@microsoft.com...

> Hello there,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply. I now have "normal size" icons. Its kinda
> funny though. I kept digging and digging deeper and deeper into settings
> etc
> while the whole time the answer was just 2 clicks away.. :-)
>
> I will try to uninstall and reinstall Office 2003 Pro. Hopefully that
> will
> work. The install I have running is fully updated as was the rest of the
> computer I have Vista on now. Luckily I have more than 1 computer so I
> still
> have access to an Office package.
>
> So far I like what I seen in Vista. This is of course a Beta version but
> at
> least on my computer it seems to be running quite well. And as far as i
> can
> determine, most of my programs start faster with Vista.
>
> Again, thanks for the quick reply.
>
> Take care,
>
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>

Hi,

Yup.. Will do. Will also hopefully get more time to play around with Vista
the coming week.

Take care,


"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> Norseman, remember to file any issues you have with Vista using the Feedback
> link on your desktop. Even if your bugs or suggestions are not considered
> for this release, they have greater chance for the next release.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "Norseman" <Norseman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1FECBCE4-FCFA-4079-AD5E-480A2C71F213@microsoft.com...

>
>
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